Category: Around the World
Indian filmmaker and activist Sridhar Rangayan made a call for greater collaboration between India and Canada to end discrimination during the Montreal Pride Parade on Sunday 14 August. The Montreal Pride Parade was attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has also attended two previous parades and has made history as the first Canadian Prime Minister […]
Amr Ramadan, Egypt’s ambassador to the UNHRC, refused to participate in the selection process of the UN’s new monitor of anti-gay violence. A five member human rights committee announced that Thai law professor Vitit Muntarbhorn will become the UN’s first monitor against anti-gay violence, however this choice was made without the help of the Egyptian diplomat. Ramadan said that […]
In a recent speech to military troops at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador to his country a “gay son of a bitch”, prompting US diplomats to raise the issue with their Filipino counterparts in Washington. Rodrigo Détente’s frequent inflammatory comments have seen him dubbed as “the Donald […]
The Daily Beast journalist Nico Hines has experienced major media backlash after creating a fake Grindr profile to out queer Olympians during the Rio Olympics. Now, Tongan Swimmer and out gay man Amini Fonua has taken to twitter to express his disgust. Fonua is the first athlete to speak out against the actions of Hines, possibly […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently making moves to declassify transgender identity as a mental disorder. The change is tentatively set to take place alongside the public health agency’s 2018 revised categorisation of mental and behavioural disorders, which is a part of the UN. A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry this week […]
Supermodel Leandra Medeiros Cerezo cycled in the opening ceremony in Rio with Brazillian atheletes behind her. Her role in the opening ceremony made history as the first trans woman to participate in the opening ceremony. When it was announced in January this year that trans athletes can compete without undergoing gender surgery, the model said, […]
Muhammed Wisam Sankari’s body was found headless and mutilated on 25 July. It was identified later by his housemates. Muhammed arrived in Istanbul one year ago. His body was found in Yenikapi, a central district. Muhammed was trying to leave Turkey because according to him his life was in extreme danger. The friends of Muhammed told […]
The Grand Mufti of Egypt gave a positive statement about LGBT community but would never accept LGBT lifestyle. His comments are being appreciated by Muslims and non-Muslims. The grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam said, LGBT community should not be bashed and is unacceptable to hurt them even though homosexuality is not allowed in Islam. […]